The Flip Side (29 page)
Authors: Shawn Johnson
I hear my name, present to the judges, and then step out onto the spongy floor.
My eye is on the vault platform at the end of the runway. I'm going to take that springboard with a bang and go higher and faster than I ever have before. I'm going to make that two-and-a-half twisting layout look easy.
Watch me.
© CAMERON POWELL
SHAWN JOHNSON
has accomplished a lifetime of achievements that include winning four Olympic medals, writing a
New York Times
bestselling memoir, starting her own business, and establishing a career in broadcasting. Johnson is a 2007 World Champion gymnast, a 2008 Olympic women's gymnastics gold and silver medalist, and a 2006, 2007, and 2008 gymnastics National Championâall titles she attained by the time she turned sixteen. At the age of seventeen, she became the youngest-ever contestant on ABC's eighth season of
Dancing with the Stars
, and in May 2009 she was crowned champion.
The Flip Side
is Shawn Johnson's debut YA novel. Find out more at
ShawnJohnson.com
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